Wairakei School (Christchurch)
Contributing · State · Bryndwr, Christchurch
210 students on the roll in Bryndwr · EQI 478 · an enrolment scheme in place.
Tō mātou kura – Our schoolWairakei School is a co-educational State U4 contributing primary school situated in the North-West of Christchurch. The... — wairakeichch.school.nz
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 6. Current Equity Index: 478. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from — they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 250 Wairakei Road, Bryndwr, Christchurch, 8053 — the street’s record
- Its suburb: Bryndwr — the suburb’s own record
- Roll: 210 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1950
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.19 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Phone: 03-3518033
- Email: office@wairakeichch.school.nz
- Contact: Catherine Parkes
- Website: wairakeichch.school.nz
Who the roll is
Students may identify with more than one group — the counts are the Ministry’s own and need not sum to the roll.
Enrolment zone
- Wairakei School (Christchurch) — in force from 2019-01-01 · 2 km²
It covers: Bishopdale, Bryndwr, Papanui.
Indicative only — the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary. Confirm with the school before relying on it.
Other schools near here
- Te Kura o Te Mātāpuna Isleworth School — decile 5 · EQI 466 · 929 m
Burnside High School — decile 8 · EQI 416 · 1.2 km- Wairarapa Cobham Intermediate — decile 8 · EQI 405 · 1.2 km
- Christ The King School (Burnside) — decile 8 · EQI 369 · 1.4 km
Waimairi School — decile 9 · EQI 418 · 1.4 km- Tuia Burnside Primary School — decile 4 · EQI 437 · 1.5 km
- Bishopdale School Te Kura o Papakōhatu — decile 3 · EQI 521 · 1.6 km
- Breens Intermediate — decile 7 · EQI 443 · 1.7 km
The green nearby
Parks whose drawn outline sits within 400 m — measured to the outline itself, so a school on a big reserve’s edge still counts.
- Edgar Macintosh Park — Sports ground · 273 m to its edge
The bus stop
The nearest stop the Metro map carries — measured to the school’s pin, not its gate.
- Wairakei Rd near Manor Pl — 46 m · route 17
The reports nearby
269 reports pinned within 250 m of the school’s point — most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 195 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the school.
Street Gutters / Storm Water — 16 Saffron Street, Bryndwr, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand · 24 September 2026
Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa — 283 Wairakei Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand · 22 September 2026
Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa — 255 Wairakei Road, Bryndwr, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand · 21 September 2026
Pavement - Damaged — 14 Murdoch St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand · 16 September 2026
Pavement - General — Wairakei Rd near Greers Rd, Bryndwr, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand · 10 September 2026
Accessibility — 268 Wairakei Road, Burnside, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand · 10 September 2026
Road Blockage — 7 Torquay Place, Bryndwr, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand · 7 September 2026
Damaged Road — 294 Wairakei Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand · 1 September 2026
Water General — 14 Murdoch St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand · 30 August 2026
Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa — 237 Wairakei Road, Bryndwr, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand · 24 August 2026
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure — 289B Wairakei Road, Bryndwr, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand · 24 August 2026- Dumped Rubbish — 269 Wairakei Road, Bryndwr, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand · 24 August 2026
Under the ground
The plans and surveys the site keeps, asked once of the school’s ground — footprints and plan maps, not engineering findings.
- The liquefaction model grades it “Medium Liquefaction Vulnerability” — the 2019 screening study
Ministry of Education school directory via data.govt.nz · zones via the Ministry’s enrolment-zone map · refreshed 3 October 2026.
What stood on this ground before → · On the map →
Questions, answered briefly
Contributing · State · Co-Educational — in Bryndwr.
210 on the roll at September 2026 — the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 478 — its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 6.
1 zone polygon on record — it covers Bishopdale, Bryndwr, Papanui. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.